Principal Technical Program Manager - Microsoft Ads (Data, Platform & Tools)
Core
Define and drive vision, strategy, and measurable outcomes for complex technical programs in Data, Platform, and Tools to improve performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency of high-scale production systems.
Role type
Principal Technical Program Manager (Data, Platform & Tools)
Builds
High-scale production systems for Microsoft Ads serving, recommendation, machine learning, data, and experimentation
Domain
Online advertising technology and distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Strategic program management, high-scale system architecture analysis, data-driven decision making, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, risk and dependency management, technical hypothesis testing, AI tool utilization, system optimization, mentorship, evidence-based technical judgment
Preferred skills
CPU/GPU inference experience, deep understanding of ads serving and monetization systems
Technologies
Distributed systems, machine learning, experimentation platforms, telemetry, logs, dashboards
Responsibilities
Define success criteria and metrics using experimentation and telemetry; align engineering, product, data science, and business stakeholders; identify and resolve technical and organizational dependencies; communicate program state to technical and executive audiences; shape broader technical direction by connecting investments across areas; drive cross-team change with significant business impact.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
